Earl Rashad Clark (born January 17, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for the Delaware 87ers of the NBA Development League. He played college basketball for the University of Louisville and was drafted 14th overall by the Phoenix Suns in the 2009 NBA draft.
Clark grew up in Plainfield, New Jersey and attended Rahway High School in Rahway, New Jersey. There, he scored 1,245 career points. As a senior, he averaged 25.2 points, 13.2 rebounds and 5 assists per game. He was a 2006 McDonald's All-American, as well as a fourth-team Parade All-American.
Considered a five-star recruit by Rivals.com, Clark was listed as the No. 8 small forward and the No. 22 player in the nation in 2006.
As a freshman for the Louisville Cardinals, along with Derrick Caracter, Edgar Sosa, and Jerry Smith, the young group struggled early in the 2006–07 season. The team went on to win 8 out of its last 10 games, earning a bid to the NCAA Tournament.
In the first game of the 2007 NCAA Tournament, he scored 12 points, 4 rebounds and 4 steals against Stanford.
Lt-Colonel Earl Ervin Clark (3 July 1919 – 28 December 2014) was an American soldier, an officer in the US Army's 10th Mountain Division, and helped to create the skiing industry in the US.
Bailey Earl Clark (November 6, 1907 – January 16, 1938) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1927 through 1934 for the Boston Braves (1927–33) and St. Louis Browns (1934). Listed at 5' 10", 160 lb., Clark batted and threw right handed. He was born in Washington, D.C.
In an eight-year career, Clark posted an average of .291 (240-for-893) with four home runs and 81 runs batted in in 293 games, including 122 runs scored and a .324 on-base percentage.
Clark died in Washington, D.C. at the age of 30.